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Chapter XIX
Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room. At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light. “James!” fell tremulously from the lips of Yvonne. She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind. Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.”
in the direction of
From this reading “She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.”
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From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
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From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
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From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading “James!” fell tremulously from the lips of Yvonne.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “James!” fell tremulously from the lips of Yvonne.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
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From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading “James!” fell tremulously from the lips of Yvonne.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
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From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
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From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
in the direction of
From this reading She swayed toward him as Ranjab grasped his arm from behind.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
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From this reading “James!” fell tremulously from the lips of Yvonne.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At his back was the swarthy Hindu, his eyes gleaming like coals of fire in the shadowy light.
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From this reading Transfixed, they watched James Brood take two or three steps into the room.
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From this reading Frederic saw the flash of something bright as it passed from the brown hand to the white one.
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From this reading “James!” fell tremulously from the lips of Yvonne.
